Johnston McCulley

Name: The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution
Author: Johnston McCulley

The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

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“The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution”, published in 1919, is a work by Johnston McCulley. It explores elements such as Bertram Blaine, Spider and Warwick.

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ When you joined my band you were made acquainted with the penalty for treason. You were old enough to understand. There is no excuse. I could have had you slain within a year, but I preferred to wait, to let you suffer as I suffered, to let you live in continual fear. What reward do you expect?”
The Spider spoke the last sentence in ringing tones. Bertram Blaine gurgled low in his throat, but could speak no words. He was breathing in gasps, his face was ashen, he struggled at his bonds and then sank back in the chair. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ And what were you a score of years ago? The Spider has left his web, Bertram Blaine, to make you pay for what you did then. After he has made you pay, he will go back to his web—but he will be The Spider no longer. No longer will he set his snare to catch poor flies. He will think over his life—and wait for death.”
The Spider glanced around the room. Warwick, Togo and the others stood against the wall, their arms folded, and made no move, said nothing. Even John Warwick did not know what the supercriminal intended doing. The Spider had told him a part, but not all. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ You are the man to blame for it all!”
Warwick gave a gasp of horror and looked at Blaine again. He understood everything now. So Bertram Blaine was the traitor who had caused The Spider so much suffering! The supercriminal often had told Warwick how it had happened, but never before had he named the man responsible.
“Had an officer of the law done it,” The Spider went on, “I should have accepted it as a part of the game and said nothing. But you were a member of my band—you played the traitor. I always reward traitors, Bertram Blaine, even as I reward those who help me and are kind to me. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ The Spider went on. “He was a young American physician who happened to be studying in Paris at the time. He may have guessed that I was a criminal, but he asked no questions. He was a physician—and a gentleman. He saved me, Bertram Blaine, and said nothing to anybody about his suspicions. I am rewarding him, too.
“He has struggled through the years, and at present is in this city. He has a wife, children grown. But he has not wealth. Do you know what is going to happen to that man, Blaine? He is going to find suddenly that everything he touches turns to gold. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ It had been Warwick's task to get control of Bertram Blaine and hold him a prisoner until The Spider arrived.
Blaine was almost paralyzed with fear now, and Warwick wondered at the cause of it, wondered what this man had done twenty years before that made him so afraid of retribution. But The Spider cleared his throat and began speaking again.
“Two decades ago,” he said, “you were a young man, Bertram Blaine, and were spending time and money in Paris. You had ample money then. You were wild, inclined toward the criminal, wanted adventure. You associated with the lower orders of human beings. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ Since you have not been committing crimes, I cannot send the police down upon you as you sent them upon me. But I can do the rest. I was penned in a burning house, Blaine, through your fault. And you'll be penned in a burning house—in this one. ”

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Johnston McCulley, The Spider's Reward — 7. The Day of Retribution (1919)

“ Warwick issued his orders quickly then. They tore a sheet into strips, propped the unconscious Bertram Blaine in a chair, and lashed him there. They put the chair against the wall, and then Warwick glanced at his watch and went across to send the shade of one of the windows flying up.
“What else, sar?” Togo asked.
“Nothing—except to wait,” Warwick said. “You are due for a shock, honorable Japanese. By the way, you'd better make a mask out of a part of that sheet and cover your face and head. The gentleman in the chair does not need to know you.” ”

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